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Painting, watercolour, North East View of the City of
Carlisle, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle snr, 1791.
Summertime; panoramic view of the city of Carlisle seen from
an elevated perspective across the River Eden; to left of
composition, in the foreground, a family stands looking
across the river. At the water's edge a mounted horseman
pauses beside three cattle standing on the riverbank. Eden
Bridge lies to right of composition and distant hills rise
beyond.
One of a set of 11 original drawings for proposed aquatints
The Antiquities of the City of Carlisle, 1791
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